THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 136, 10 June 1903, Page 2

THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

OfiEefthg most impoitant q'l&tionsJ which should engage the atten'ioa of) the Chamber of Oammroe U to spcurn j an expansion of our shipping. There aro those who consider the first thing to be dore is to secure an extension of the breakwater, la our opinion, whilj favourable to at.y suind rchvme of extension, thove is no rea* on why wo should sit with our hands folded while we ro educating people on thit head With tha ex'sting facilities there is no reacon why a daily service should not run to the Manukau and a f irtnightly trip to Sydney. This would encourage. tr,«de atd do more to educate people to realisa th<s advanttg.s of extending the j jharb.iur than anything e!s3. As wej have previously pointsd out the Upolu, [ehouM be run right through fiotn Duoed;n to Sydney and back and ano hir 'steamer put on the as)mo run to run j through from Sydney to Dunedin, bath ■ s earn rs making New Plymouth their, ! first and last pirt of call. This pro-| |pds »1 is quite feasible and could be j sorted to-morrow and would soon build j up trada for itself. If the UpDlu is considered too sm ul the Uoi;nOompmy hivo several vess-Js of about 2000 tons which could easily lay at the beak water as they are of light draft, i although of fairly large tonnage. Wo ; believe, ro\vever t that vessels of the .Upolu, Ooritni, Ovalau and W«kitipu 'class, vessels aveiagirg are cheupcr and mora suitable to build up a trade, though, webeileva, from the first the trade giving r-s tta proposal docs dir.c'; trade to and from Sydney to Dunlin, Oimuu, Tinnru, Akaros, Lyttelton, Nelson, and New P.ymouth, the verse's waull crry full cargo each way. If wa are to wait for direct trad a with Sydney until th 3 Breakwater is <xtenled to enable the larg r diss of s'eimers to oil!, it may be years brfore |a start is mvJe. The da : ly atamer sarvica is a'so of the u'm-sfc importance, and should boinsi t:d up->r>, bss;Jea boing more rev nue to the harbour if clnrgss are sligh ly reduced, it wou'd give Nev Plymouth tha command of the who'e trade as far S)u h | ps Wangsnui, Passengß:" and freight [charges, should, hose vet, be brought dwn to tVe very lowest possible point. The qu stion of opening up oar back couu'ry, by pushing in the railway from Btratfo.-d acd the Moke-rord, to savo the traleof the and Ohura Valley going to Wanganui and A.uck'a d should be dealt with. The;e subj :cts give plenty of work far on) even, but are of so much importance th.t they should be insisted upon,